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A GERMAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED COCONUT CUP AND COVER
MAKER'S MARK OF STEPHAN GROMBACH, BEMBERG, CIRCA 1680
The spreading foot repoussé and chased with foliate border, the stem formed as a figure of a moor, emblematic of Africa, supporting the coconut carved with profile busts and enclosed by three leaf straps, the domed cover with a finial formed as a metal worker holding a hammer and a goblet and wearing an apron, marked on foot